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تابُوت
coffin /taːˈbuːt/
nounB2#4236 most common
Also: casket, ark, chest
Example sentences
هذا تابوتٌ خشبيٌّ.
This is a wooden coffin.
وضعوا الجثة في التابوت.
They placed the body in the coffin.
حمل الرجال التابوت إلى المقبرة.
The men carried the coffin to the cemetery.
صنع النجار تابوتًا من خشب الجوز.
The carpenter made a coffin from walnut wood.
يُذكر في القرآن أن تابوت موسى أُلقي في النهر.
The Quran mentions that Moses's chest was cast into the river.
كان تابوت العهد يُحفظ في قدس الأقداس بالمعبد.
The Ark of the Covenant was kept in the Holy of Holies in the temple.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | تابوتٌ | توابيتُ |
| Genitive | تابوتٍ | توابيتَ |
| Accusative | تابوتًا | توابيتَ |
| Vocative | يا تابوتُ | يا توابيتُ |
Word family
تابوتcoffin, ark, chest
توابيتcoffins (plural)
تابوت العهدthe Ark of the Covenant
تابوت موسىthe chest that carried the infant Moses
Etymology
Tābūt is a loanword, not a native Arabic root. Classical philologists trace it to a Semitic word for box or ark, related to Hebrew tevah, and it entered Arabic before Islam. The Quran uses it for the chest that carried the infant Moses and for the Ark of the Covenant. Over time its everyday sense narrowed to the wooden box used for burial.
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